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(2) & (3) The two Lalrāi stone inscriptions were discovered from the ruins of the Jain temple at Lalrāi near Bāli in Jodhpur division. Both bear the same date V.E. 1233 (1136 A.D.). The first states that in the reign of Kelhaņadeva at Naddūla the sons of Kirtipāla named Rājaputras Lakhanapāla and Abhayapāla who were also the owners of Sināņava made a grant conjointly with the queen Mahibalādevī, in the presence of the village Pancakula for celebrating the festival of the God Säntinātha. The second one is also a grant to the lord Sāntinātha in connection with the festivals of the Gujaras. It records the Rājaputra Lakhanapāla and Abhayapāla as the Bhoktās of Samņāņaka.
(4) Sänderāva stone inscription (ii) bearing the date V.E. 1236 of the reign of Mahārājädhirāja Kelhanadeva, has been found carved on a pillar in the Sabhāmanda pa at the temple of Sāntinātha. It records the gift of a column and a house to the Tirthankara Pārsvanātha worshipped at Sänderaka in the Bhukti of the queen Jalhaņā by Rālha and Pālha.?
(5) Saciyāya Mātä inscription has been discovered at Osia in the temple of the family goddess of Osavāla Jain named Sancikā or Saciyāyadevi, bearing the same date as No. 4 (V.E. 1236). It records the management of the temple of the said goddess made by the Gosthika people in the reign of Kelhanadeva. It also refers to his two sons Kumārasimha and Simhavikrama and younger brother Kirtipäla. It also mentions Dhārāvarsa--most probably the Paramāra chief of Candrăvati,
(6) Päladi stone inscription has been discovered at Pālași near Sirohi. It is dated V.E. 1249 (c. 1192 A.D.) in the reign of Mahārājādhirāja Kelhana. It records his son's name as Sri Jayatasimhadeva. It is a grant made to lord Mahāvīra by the Pancakulas, Vālhaņa and others.
These six inscriptions range from V.E. 1221 to 1249 (c. 1164-1192 A.D.). They, however, do not throw any light on the political career of Kelhana. We have six more inscriptions other than the Jain ones; they also do not record any achievement to his credit. An inscription from Bamnera bears a date only one year earlier than the Jain inscription of V.E.
1 Ibid., IX, pp. 49-51; Jain Lekha-sangraha, I, p. 231. 2 Ibid., pp. 51-52 ; Jain Lekha-sangraha, p. 229, 3 P. C. Nahar, Jain Lekha-sangraha, I, 198. No. 804. 4 Ibid., p. 73 ; Jain Lekha-sangraha, I, p. 265.
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